Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2065

Wednesday 7 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 27 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 6 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 7 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 12:57:03
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

48 of 48 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 14:26 on Tue 6 Oct to 12:57 on Wed 7 Oct.

    2065-10-06T06:26:25Z → 2065-10-07T04:57:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 6th, 11:42–12:30 on the 7th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 1639 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2065: Wednesday 7 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2065 falls on Wednesday 7 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:26 on Tue 6 Oct to 12:57 on Wed 7 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2065/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 7 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 7 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/mahashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 8 Mahastami (paraviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:26 → 21:5712:1748 min12:160 min6 Oct
Chicago01:26 → 23:5712:1448 min12:140 min6 Oct
Jersey City02:26 → 00:5712:2048 min12:200 min6 Oct
Port of Spain02:26 → 00:5711:3048 min11:300 min6 Oct
London07:26 → 05:5712:2448 min12:240 min6 Oct
Durban08:26 → 06:5711:2048 min11:200 min6 Oct
Dubai10:26 → 08:5711:4348 min11:420 min6 Oct
Delhi11:56 → 10:2711:4537 min11:450 min6 Oct
Kolkata11:56 → 10:2711:010 min11:000 min7 Oct
Singapore14:26 → 12:5712:290 min12:2829 min7 Oct
Sydney17:26 → 15:5712:200 min12:1948 min7 Oct
Suva18:26 → 16:5711:310 min11:3048 min7 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mahashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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